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BIL (yacht)
''BIL'' is a Ericsson 80 yacht. Career ''BIL'' won the Fastnet Race The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France. The race is named after the Fast ... line honours in 1997 with skipper Ross Field, Matthew Humphries, Halvard Mabire and Michel Lefebvre, Jr.http://www.lefebvresails.com/drupal/?q=fr/palmaresjunior References {{Fastnet Race winning yachts (line honours) 1990s sailing yachts Sailing yachts built in France Sailing yachts designed by Bruce Farr Farr Maxi One Design yachts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ericsson 80
Farr Maxi One Design (formerly Grand Mistral 80, Ericsson 80) is a one-design yacht designed by Bruce Farr. The type was originally developed as the Grand Mistral 80 for Pierre Fehlmann with the intention of creating a one-design round-the-world race. Five yachts were originally built. They sailed the Adecco World Championships in 1999, a total of eight yachts competing including skippers Ernesto Bertarelli, Hans Bouscholte, Ross Field, Guido Maisto, Geoffrey Meek, Gunnar Krantz, Ludde Ingvall, Jules Mazars. Yachts *''Nicorette Nicorette is the brand name of a number of products for nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) that contain nicotine polacrilex. Developed in the late 1970s in Sweden by in the form of a chewing gum, Nicorette was the first nicotine replacement pr ...'' References {{Classes of the International Sailing Federation Keelboats One-design sailing classes 1990s sailboat type designs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Farr
Bruce Kenneth Farr (born 1949 in Auckland) is a New Zealand designer of racing and cruising yachts. Farrdesigned boats have won, challenged for, or placed highly in the Whitbread Round the World Race, America's Cup, and Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, among others. Farr's services to yacht design were recognised in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He currently lives near Annapolis, Maryland, USA. Early boats Farr began building boats at the age of 13 near Warkworth north of Auckland. His first boats were plywood hard chine Moth class designs. He later designed and built variants of Cherubs and especially Flying 18s. His early designs were built in plywood with a focus on light weight and good planing shapes. By his late teens he was designing small lightweight keel boats that were successful on the race course. He first achieved acclaim as a sailboat designer in the highly competitive 18ft Skiff class, pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Field (sailor)
Ross Field (born 1949) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in multiple Whitbread Round the World Races. Field, a former police detective from Wanganui, started sailing full time in 1985. He first sailed a Round the World Race on '' NZI Enterprise'' under skipper Digby Taylor. The boat did not finish the 1985–86 Whitbread Round the World Race. He was then on ''Steinlager 2'' when it won the 1989–90 Whitbread Round the World Race. For the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race, Field skippered ''Yamaha''. ''Yamaha'' won the Whitbread 60 class and finished second overall. Field won the 1997 Fastnet Race on ''BIL''. He skippered '' America's Challenge'' during the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race. His son, Campbell, also sailed with the boat, but he lost his index finger during an onboard accident. The team struggled for funding and withdrew from the race in Cape Town. Field next won the 1999 Fastnet Race on '' RF Yachting'' before joining skipper Jez Fanstone o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fastnet Race
The Fastnet Race is a biennial offshore yacht race organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club of the United Kingdom with the assistance of the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes and the City of Cherbourg in France. The race is named after the Fastnet Rock off southern Ireland, which the race course rounds. Along with Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and the Newport-Bermuda Race, it is considered one of the classic big offshore races with each distance approximately . Testing both inshore and offshore skills, boat and crew preparation and speed potential. From its inception, the Fastnet Race has proven highly influential in the growth of offshore racing, and remains closely linked to advances in yacht design, sailing technique and safety equipment. The Fastnet Race has been sponsored by the Switzerland, Swiss watch manufacturing company Rolex since 2001. The Race prize is known as the Fastnet Challenge Cup. The race main focus is on monohull handicap racing which presently is conducted un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Humphries
Matthew "Matt" Humphries (born 21 July 1971) is a British sailor. He participated in the Volvo Ocean Race five times: in 1989–90 with '' With Integrity'', 1993–94 as skipper of '' Reebok/Dolphin & Youth'', 1997–98 with '' America's Challenge'' and ''Swedish Match'', 2001–02 with ''Team SEB'' and '' Team News Corp'', and 2005–06 with ''Brunel Isambard Kingdom Brunel (; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was a British civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history," "one of the 19th-century engineering giants," and "one ...''. He was 18 when he sailed '' With Integrity'', becoming the youngest ever person to sail in the race. In 2002, due to a conflict with skipper Gurra Krantz, Humphries was forced to resign the VOR Yacht team SOB. References External links * British male sailors (sport) Volvo Ocean Race sailors Volvo Ocean 60 class sailors 1971 births Living people {{England-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halvard Mabire
Halvard or Hallvard is a Norwegian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Halvard Angaard (1898–1967), Norwegian sport shooter *Halvard Bjørkvik (born 1924), Norwegian historian *Jens-Halvard Bratz (1920–2005), Norwegian businessman and politician for the Conservative Party * Hallvard Flatland (born 1957), Norwegian television presenter *Halvard Grude Forfang (1914–1987), Norwegian educator *Saint Halvard (1020–1043), Norwegian patron saint of Oslo *Halvard Hanevold (1969–2019), Norwegian biathlete *Halvard Ingebrigtsen (born 1970), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party *Halvard Kausland (born 1945), Norwegian jazz guitarist and civil servant *Halvard Lange (1902–1970), Norwegian diplomat, politician and statesman *Halvard Olsen (1886–1966), Norwegian politician and trade Union leader See also * St. Halvard Bryggeri * Alvard *Halva *Halvad Halvad is a town and a municipality in Morbi district in the Gujarat state of India. Geography Halvad is lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Lefebvre, Jr
Michel may refer to: * Michel (name), a given name or surname of French origin (and list of people with the name) * Míchel (nickname), a nickname (a list of people with the nickname, mainly Spanish footballers) * Míchel (footballer, born 1963), Spanish former footballer and manager * ''Michel'' (TV series), a Korean animated series * German auxiliary cruiser ''Michel'' * Michel catalog, a German-language stamp catalog * St. Michael's Church, Hamburg or Michel * S:t Michel, a Finnish town in Southern Savonia, Finland People * Alain Michel (other), several people * Ambroise Michel (born 1982), French actor, director and writer. * André Michel (director), French film director and screenwriter * André Michel (lawyer), human rights and anti-corruption lawyer and opposition leader in Haiti * Anette Michel (born 1971), Mexican actress * Anneliese Michel (1952 - 1976), German Catholic woman undergone exorcism * Annett Wagner-Michel (born 1955), German Woman Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Sailing Yachts
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing Yachts Built In France
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of stepwise developments. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing Yachts Designed By Bruce Farr
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of stepwise developments. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sailin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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